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Dr. Bell is a human sciences-oriented psychologist with teaching and research interests at the intersection of Cultural Psychology, Critical Psychology, and Lacanian Psychoanalysis. His current research considers experiences of change and transformation occurring from a completed Lacanian Psychoanalysis.  

EDUCATION
PhD, Psychology: Consciousness and Society,  University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
M.A., Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Aug. 2021 – present, University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY
M.A., Psychology,  University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
B.A., English Literatures and Cultures, Brown University, Providence, RI

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
APA Division 39: Psychoanalysis
APA Division 24: Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
APA Division 32: Humanistic Psychology

PUBLICATIONS
Swales,, S., Bell, C.R., & Roberts, J.L., (2025).  Empathy and Lacanian psychoanalysis?  A qualitative study.  Psychoanalysis Psychology, 42(4), 215-223.  

Bell, C. (2924). Review of Robert Samuels 'The Psychopathology of Political Ideologies.  Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society.  July, 2024.doi;   

Bell, C. (2022). Beyond the Specific Factors vs. Common Factors Debate: Lacan’s Four Discourses and a Renewed Contextual Model for Theorizing Psychotherapy Effects. Theory & Psychology, 32(3), 423—442. Retrieved from 


Bell, C. (2022). Lacanian Psychoanalysis in Japan: An Interview with Dr. Luke Ogasawara. Awry: Journal of Critical Psychology, 3(1), 199—214. Retrieved from

Bell, C. (2020). Disrupting​ ​​​Received Wisdom in Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory: Reading Daniel Burston’s Psychoanalysis, Politics and the Postmodern University. Theory &  Psychology. September 2020. doi:10.1177/0959354320959461

Bell, C., Senecal, G. (2020). Projection as a Political Weapon: From Unconscious Defense to Conscious Offense. Room: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action. 2.20. IPTAR. Retrieved from http://www.analytic-room.com/essays/projection-as-a-political-weapon-chris-bell-gary-senecal/

Bell, C. (2019). Critical Perspectives on Personality and Subjectivity. In Robert K. Beshara (Ed.) A Critical Introduction to Psychology, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Verhaeghen, P., Aikman S. N., Doyle-Portillo S., Bell, C. & Simmons, N. (2018). When I saw me standing there: first-person and third-person memories and future projections, and how they relate to the self. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 30:4, 438—452, doi:
10.1080/20445911.2018.1454451

Bell, C. (2018). Review of Intersubjectivity in Psychoanalysis: A Model for Theory and Practice. Language and Psychoanalysis, 7(2). Retrieved from http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com//article/view/2779/3913

Malone, K., Bell, C., Roberts J. (2015). Technology and addiction: Subjectivity, scientific knowledge and the economy of jouissance. Subjectivity, 8(2), 147—164. Retrieved from http://www.palgrave-journals.com/sub/journal/v8/n2/abs/sub20154a.html

Bell, C. (2015). Three Approaches to Psychical Reality: An Interview with Dr. Antoine Mooij. Language and Psychoanalysis, 4(2), 83—88. Retrieved from

Bell, C. (2014). The Lacanian Subject: Subject of Desire or the Subject of Drive? Language and Psychoanalysis, 3(1), 39—65. Retrieved from http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com//article/view/1587/2043

PRESENTATIONS

Bell, C., (2025). Bracketing Interview: My Experiences of Change and Transformation in Lacanian Psychoanalysis. Paper Presentation at the Psychology and the Other Conference, Boston College, Boston, MA.

Bell, C., (2025). A Critical Realist Perspective on Psychoanalytic Interpretation. Paper presentation at the Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (APA Division 24) 2025 Spring Meeting, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Bell, C., (2024). Epistemic Justice in Lacanian Psychoanalysis. Paper presentation in a Symposium at the Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (APA Division 24) 2024 Spring Meeting, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Bell, C. (2023). Critical Reflections on the Project of ‘Best Practices’ in Cross-Cultural Psychotherapy: Considering the Applicability of Therapist Broaching and Bridging Actions in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Paper
Presentation at the Psychology and the Other Conference, Boston College, Boston, MA.

Bell, C. (2022). Revolution in Social Links: The Lacanian Cartel and the Paradox of ‘Suspended Leadership’. Paper presentation at the Lacan: Clinic & Culture Conference, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Bell, C. (2021). Union Organizing in the Social Media Era. Paper Presentation at the Psychology and the Other Conference. Conference held on-line.

Bell, C. (2020). Psychoanalytic Truth and the CBT Dare: Daring to Decouple CBT from Neoliberal Values. Paper presentation at the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society Conference (APCS). Conference held on-line.

Bell, C., Senecal, G. (2019). Psychoanalysis in the Age of Trump. Paper presented at the New England Psychological Association Conference (NEPA), Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH.

Bell, C. (2019). Psychotherapeutic Subjectivities: Experiences of Change in Psychoanalysis/Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Poster Presentation at the Psychology and the Other Conference, Boston College, Boston, MA.

Bell, C. (2019). Lacan with Cassirer: A new perspective on Symbolization and Separation. Paper presented at the Lack iii Conference, Clark University, Worcester, MA.

Bell, C. (2018). Music, Lalangue, and the Real Unconscious. Paper presented at the Žižek Studies Conference, Athens, GA.

Bell, C. (2017). Psychotherapeutic Subjectivities: Experiences of Change in Psychoanalysis / Psychodynamic Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Paper presented at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute Society Meeting, St. Louis, MO.